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Korg Gadget LE for Mac
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We are also proud to announce that a free lite version, "KORG Gadget Le for Mac", has now also been released.. It features five carefully chosen gadgets and allows anyone making music to easily find the sounds they desire. Try the seamless and intuitive musical production characteristic of KORG Gadget for yourself - enjoy!
Version 1.1.0 Main features
・Experience the appeal of KORG Gadget with the free Lite version.
・Use five standard gadgets and tracks.
・Additional and extended functions are provided when connecting a KORG MIDI Controller.
https://korg.shop/software/korg-gadget-le-for-mac.html?___store=english
Yay! Not a fully functioning demo but still it's something you can try before buying the full version
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The 5 available gadgets are London, Dublin, Marseille, Phoenix and Chicago
Only 5 tracks are allowed
Does it allow saving?
Yes but iCloud open/save, export to Live/audio/midi and Link are not available
And, of course, no VST/AU's
It does help getting a feel of how the app works on macOS. Still won’t get the full version, but the screen real estate does help.
For me, the main missing feature is export to audio. Sure, it’s possible to record the output through Audio Hijack, or something similar. But audio export would make a big difference.
Kinda wish they had something in between, where you could pay for gadgets one at a time.
Same thoughts here. Also, I have their M1 VST. I wish I could use it in Gadget LE for Mac, even as a feature-crippled Darwin gadget
Plugging in a Nanokey Studio adds Amsterdam, Brussels & Chiang Mai.
Thanks, good to know
The same happens for a Nanokontrol 2. And once it's activated you don't need to have it plugged in the next time you open Gadget LE.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find Gadget LE a bit visually blurry? (iMac)
Yep. Blurry for me as well.
This seems to be a known issue for apps using Juce...
I was pretty sure I was going to buy it before the sale ended, now I'm not so sure.
Thanks, glad it's not only my eyes.
On the whole it's fun, and the selection of gadgets to use is generous, I think. You can do quite a bit with it.
It's fun and it's free, but without audio/midi export I see no use for it, to be honest
Perhaps I misunderstand you here, but, if you think that Korg Gadget don't have 'export to audio' you're wrong there...
I have the full version and it's not blurry at all.
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You also get 8 tracks instead of 5.
New KORG IOS APPS group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/252819738457805/
It does have export to audio but it's disabled in the free desktop version (Korg Gadget LE for Mac)
Indeed! They do say you get more instruments, but they don’t say which ones.
It does get me to think about buying one of those Korg controllers. Maybe the NanoPad. How crippled are the other pieces in the software bundle?
On which Mac?
The free version isn’t blurry on my non-Retina display. Sounds likely that it’s an issue with 5K iMacs.
Same here. Although...
Might still use it to try a few things, when using a Mac is more convenient than using an iOS device. Thing is, my only laptop is a PC, so it wouldn’t make sense for live performance, in my case.
In fact, having access to a MacBook (Pro), MainStage would probably be my tool of choice for live performance. Alchemy alone opens up so many possibilities that it can get overwhelming.
So my use case would probably be to start something on desktop and expand it on iOS. The reverse is the more likely scenario (you start something on mobile and finish it up on desktop), but there’s something to be said about throwing ideas together from a desktop, especially if you have multiple controllers plugged in at once.
One thing Gadget Le didn’t do is convince me to buy the full version. Maybe Korg’s strategy will pay in the long run but it does feel like there’s a missed opportunity, here.
It's a 2013 iMac I5.
Mine's a (cough, cough, ahem) iMac 2008 2.66 Intel Core 2 Duo. Still going strong for everything, though....
Sounds like it’s not blurry on non-Retina displays. How about @Purpan and @nrgb ? What Macs do you use?
So non-Retina. Interesting that you’d get blurriness, then.
Macbook Air (non-retina)
Interesting. Wonder what the difference is. It’s not free vs. full and it’s not Retina vs. non-Retina. Soooo...
If other JUCE apps have similar issues, it’d be interesting to know what the problem is.